Pre-Chorus (rising, choir backing) We didn’t ask for crowns or thrones We just asked not to die alone CHORUS (FULL SCREAM, divine cadence) I CLIMBED OUT FROM THE GATES OF HELL JUST TO BE PUSHED BACK IN NOT JUST ME — ALL OF US BLEEDING, ALL OF US BENT WE THOUGHT ESCAPE MEANT MERCY PLOT TWIST — IT MEANT PROOF THE FIRE DON’T PICK FAVORITES IT TESTS THE WHOLE GROUP Verse 2 (call-and-response feel, scream jazz swing) We watched the strong get tired Watched the kind get mean Watched faith turn quiet In places it should scream They call us stubborn, call us lost Call survival a flaw But they never paid the cost To still stand after the law We share bread, share pain Share stories nobody hears If heaven got a waiting room It’s built from our tears Bridge (spoken, divine noir) I thought the angel came to save us… White light, steady tone He said, “You will win.” But never said “You’ll go home.” OOOOOO! oOoOoOooooo CHORUS 2 (higher scream, choir layered) I THOUGHT THE ANGEL WAS THERE TO HELP BUT HE SPOKE LIKE A JUDGE HE SAID WE’D WIN — NOT THAT THE ROAD WOULD SHOW US LOVE EVERY PRAYER GOT SHARED EVERY BURDEN SPLIT IF THIS IS TRIAL BY FIRE THEN THE HERD SURVIVED THIS SHIT Verse 3 (slow, blues scream, sacred exhaustion) We ain’t saints We ain’t cursed Just the ones who carried first Every scar a testimony Every breath a borrowed loan We held the line when hope went quiet So others wouldn’t stand alone They say “why you still marching?” When the war won’t end Because quitting kills the many Even if it saves a friend Breakdown (gang vocals, ritualistic) OUT OF HELL — — TOGETHER BACK INTO FIRE — — TOGETHER IF THIS IS GOD’S WILL THEN WE WALK IT AS ONE BODY FINAL CHORUS (MAX SCREAM, divine weight) THIS IS LIFE — FINAL PLOT TWIST WE WERE NEVER MEANT TO ESCAPE WE WERE MEANT TO ENDURE TO CARRY EACH OTHER THROUGH THE FLAMES I CLIMBED OUT BURNING, BROKEN, ALIVE JUST TO BE THROWN BACK IN — NOT AS PUNISHMENT, BUT DESIGN IF WINNING MEANS WE STILL STAND THEN WE WON WITH BLOODIED HANDS THE HERD DIDN’T BREAK — WE BECAME THE ALTAR Outro (choir fading, whispered scream) We are not saved yet… But we are still here. And that counts as holy OOOOOOOOOOoooooooOoOoOoOoOoOooooooo

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